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Oil heads for weekly loss as higher supply expected

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LONDON: Oil extended its decline into a third session on Friday, heading for a weekly loss for the first time in three weeks as expectations grow of higher supply and a surprise increase in U.S. crude inventories added to demand concerns. Reuters reported on Wednesday that the eight members of OPEC+ will consider raising production further at a meeting on Sunday. US crude inventories rose 2.4 million barrels last week, rather than falling as analysts expected. Brent crude futures fell $1.33, or 1.99%, to $65.66 a barrel by 1323 GMT, while…

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Trump’s wind war clouds Orsted’s $9.4 billion survival plan

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COPENHAGEN: Danish offshore wind developer Orsted cut its 2025 profit outlook on Friday, just hours before it is poised to secure shareholder approval for a $9.4 billion emergency rights issue as it seeks to avert a looming credit downgrade. Once celebrated as a trailblazer in offshore wind, the state-controlled group now finds itself in dire straits, grappling with industry-wide challenges as risks pile up on its U.S. projects due to President Donald Trump’s opposition to wind power. Adding to its troubles, low wind speeds in July and August and a…

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Indian Oil skips US crude, buys Nigerian, Mideast oil via tender, say sourcesIndian Oil skips US crude, buys Nigerian, Mideast oil via tender, say sources

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NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: Top Indian refiner Indian Oil Corp skipped the purchase of U.S. oil in its latest tender and instead bought 2 million barrels of West African and a million barrels of Middle Eastern grade, trade sources said on Friday. The state refiner also bought one million barrels each of Nigerian oil grades Agbami and Usan from French oil major TotalEnergy, and another million barrels of Abu Dhabi’s Das crude from Shell, the people said. Nigerian oil has been bought on free-on-board basis and Das has been purchsed on a delivered basis…

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US natgas prices rise on lower daily output

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NEW YORK: US natural gas futures climbed about 3 percent to a one-month high on Wednesday on a recent drop in daily output. That price increase came despite ample supplies of gas in storage, a small decline in flows to liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants, mild weather and forecasts for lower demand next week than previously expected. Front-month gas futures for October delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 8.0 cents, or 2.7 percent, to USD3.089 per million British thermal units at 8:44 a.m. EDT (1244 GMT), putting…

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Oil falls more than 1% as OPEC+ to consider another output hike

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LONDON: Oil prices fell 1.5% on Thursday, adding to their more than 2% decline the previous session, as investors awaited a weekend meeting of OPEC+ at which producers are expected to consider another increase in output targets. Brent crude fell 89 cents, or 1.3%, to $66.71 a barrel by 1301 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude shed 85 cents, or 1.3%, to $63.12 a barrel. Eight members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies – known together as OPEC+ – will consider further increases to production…

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